v1.8.12

[shati-patel]

Patch release to include the changes from #2786.

A few changed files:

• Changelog entry (it ended up in the wrong section due to a bad merge from main).
• I've updated the node version in all the workflows and package files.
• I've updated the releasing.md instructions to include all the files that are affected by the node version.
  • See below: v1.8.12 #2801 (comment)

Checklist

N/A

• CHANGELOG.md has been updated to incorporate all user visible changes made by this pull request.
• Issues have been created for any UI or other user-facing changes made by this pull request.
• [Maintainers only] If this pull request makes user-facing changes that require documentation changes, open a corresponding docs pull request in the github/codeql repo and add the ready-for-doc-review label there.

[shati-patel]

Ugh, it looks like the new node version is breaking things 🤦🏽 ( HttpError: location is not defined)

[shati-patel]

Ugh, it looks like the new node version is breaking things 🤦🏽 ( HttpError: location is not defined)

We're going to need to update the node version soon (since the bug will happen for anyone using the new version locally), but let's leave that for a separate PR.

[robertbrignull]

We've found the cause of the "Location is not defined" bug and thankfully we can work around it. It only happens in the codeQL.mockGitHubApiServer feature is enabled, which is made for developer testing, and therefore we don't expect any external users to hit this bug.